1a. What did Pete Knutson do to get involved in a cause he felt was important?
2a. What story about Rosa Parks is widely told? What is left out of the story?
3a. What contradictions do we learn to live with in our personal lives?
1b. What do you think led him to this involvement?
2b. Why is the missing information important?
3b. What can people apply from their personal lives to their involvement in social issues?
4a. Identify five reasons that often keep people from getting socially involved.
4b. What common thread unites these reasons?
5a. Judge the author's beliefs about people's reasons for getting involved. Does he make a good case for his argument?
5b. Based on your personal decisions to become active in causes you support, decide whether you agree or disagree with the author.
Aim and Persuasive Writing. To what extent does Loeb anticipate the reader's opposition and offer information to combat that opposition? How effective do you think Loeb's argument would be at changing someone's mind?
Anecdote. Identify two anecdotes in this selection. What purpose do they serve? What points do they make?
Coherence. In what ways does the author present his ideas in logical order? What transitions does he use?
1. Write a slogan to help rally other people around a cause in which you believe. Your slogan should be brief and catchy and should let people know what the cause is.
2. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about one of the following issues: homelessness, hunger, environmental pollution, or violence. In your letter explain the problem and identify simple ways in which people can get involved.
3. Write a short story about somebody who makes a difference in the world or in somebody else's life.
Synonyms. A synonym is a word or phrase that means the same as another word. Write the letter of the word or phrase that means the closest to the Words for Everyday Use listed.
1. eloquence click to select answer a. manner b. graceful power
2. rendition click to select answer a. make-over b. version
3. innate click to select answer a. learned b. natural
4. refuge click to select answer a. shelter b. open prairie
5. erudite click to select answer a. rude b. scholarly
6. degradation click to select answer a. decline b. incline
7. implication click to select answer a. fact b. hint
8. magnitude click to select answer a. great size b. loud noise
9. immutable click to select answer a. never changing b. never audible
10. proliferation click to select answer a. massiveness b. growth
Editing for Punctuation Errors. Review the Language Arts Survey 3.86, 3.89, 3.90, 3.91, and 3.92. Then rewrite the following sentences, correcting any punctuation errors you find.
1. My mom reads The New Yorker but I don't like it.
2. Phil wanted to hear: and believe; my explanation of where I was on Saturday afternoon.
3. Bens' fear of flying continues to grow.
4. I still have one card left said Byron.
5. I made it to the grocery store but I forgot the list.
6. My eight year old brother loves dinosaurs and bugs.
7. I read the poem Player Piano aloud to the class.
8. Did the Yankees starting pitcher get injured?
9. I leave for Detroit Michigan on Saturday March 12.
10. After an early lunch we headed to the museum.
Essay Question. What do you think is the most troubling problem in the world today? Why? What can people do to change that problem? What are you willing to do to make a change? Use the space below to write out your answers.
